SOL Review: Lawmaking Process

SOL Review: Lawmaking Process

Lawmaking Process

• National laws are made by Congress

• The process requires collaboration and compromise

Lawmaking Process

• 1. Introducing a bill in either house

• 2. Working in committees

• 3. Debating the bill on the floor

• 4. Voting on the bill

• 5. Sending the bill to the other house

• 6. Repeating the process in the other house

• 7. Sending the bill to the president

Multiple Choice

What is the first step in the lawmaking process?

• The bill is drafted and introduced

• The bill is debated

• The House votes on the bill

• The president decides if it should be a law

Multiple Choice

After the bill is introduced, what happens?

• The full House or Senate votes on it.

• The president decides

• Working in committees

• The other chamber decides the next step

Multiple Choice

After the committee votes, what happens next?

• The bill is debated on the floor of the chamber and voted on

• The bill goes to the president

• The other chamber debates the bill

• The bill has passed at this point

Multiple Choice

If one chamber (House or Senate) approves a bill, what happens?

• The bill goes to the president

• The bill has passed and is now law

• The bill goes to the other chamber and the process is repeated

• The Supreme Court votes on it

Multiple Choice

If a bill passes both chambers, what happens next?

• It goes to the Supreme Court

• It goes to the President

• It is up to each state what to do

• Local governments vote on it

Lawmaking Process

• Elected officials in Congress write laws and take action in response to problems or issues

• Individuals and interest groups help shape legislation

Ways the executive branch influences policymaking

• Delivering an annual speech to Congress (State of the Union address)

• Proposing legislation

• Approving or vetoing legislation

Ways the executive branch influences policymaking

• Appointing officials who help carry out the laws

• Issuing executive orders

• Appealing directly through the media and communications with citizens

Multiple Choice

Who can help shape legislation?

• Individuals

• Interest groups

• Executive branch

• All answers are correct

Multiple Select

Select ALL the ways the executive branch influences policymaking.

• Through the State of the Union Address

• Approving or vetoing legislation

• Declaring a law unconstitutional

• Issuing executive orders

Multiple Select

Select ALL the ways the executive branch influences policymaking.

• Appointing officials who help carry out the laws

• Appealing directly through the media & communications with citizens

• Proposing legislation

• Granting pardons